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Do any of you not bother getting a mammogram because you are sensitive to pain? I'm in my early 40's and I have sensitive due to my autism and I don't know what to about getting mammogram. Thank you.

i had not a good experience with that
it was very very very painful and the doctor very rude, then it turned out i had to pay for that, bc i was one year too young. i haven't seen a womens' doctor since, 20+ years

i've read up on that and it also turns out they can't see much before menopauze, and its also a great §§ racket
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Have had several over the years, after they quit sending me reminders, I quit going . And I must admit to hating everyone of them. but the technician was very understanding it seemed . They did a biopsy on a spot some years ago
Mother had breast cancer lost one of them in a serious surgery . Was malignant . But all follow up mamograms for me
were negative . Probably been near 4-5 years ago was the last one. Not terribly concerned. So much anymore .
But probably good to get a intially one. To get a baseline.. but honestly , they squashed my boobs pretty had.
But the biopsy was pre cancerous. And got it removed the same month. but was tiny. Write down the location thatget your first mammogram at somewhere and do not lose it. Cause if anything even shows up they will have a first mammogram picture to compare too. ....doing self exams are a great preventative way to go . As a normal thing.
Even almost up to the armpit . My lump was just short of it on the left side. Lumpectomies are almost easier then
than the mammogram.

After quite a few decades I got tired of it and stopped going. After 2 years of my absence, the provider centre was concerned, managed to find a new address where I was living, rang me and advised that they had made an urgent appointment for me. They had gone to so much trouble to follow me up that I did go. Just as well! The findings ended up with me needing major surgery. I was in my sixties then, and I really owe them a debt of gratitude. I fully recovered.

Later on, one of my female cousins believed her keto diet and religious belief protected her some from any such harm and never had mammograms (which are free in our country) and sadly ended up in hospital with stage 4 cancer which was horrible, and fatal.

It isn't a pleasant kind of test though it is a very important one. On the plus side, it is soon over.

If you find them uncomfortable, you might want try to scheduling for a time a few days after your period ends. Your breasts will tend to be more tender right before your period or around ovulation, especially if you have fibrocystic changes. This may help with visibility on the scans a little, too, as your breast tissue may appear less dense at that time.

Another option, if you have dense tissue, is to ask to an ultrasound instead of a mammogram. These are not painful at all, but do have some limitations in terms of what can be seen on them and, if you live in the US, may be something you have to pay for rather than being considered preventative care that will be covered in full by insurance.

The most painful mammogram I ever had was so bad that the technician asked if she should ease up a bit. No, I told her, I know I have dense breasts and this pain is necessary, so do what you have to do.

She found Stage III cancer.

Took about 11 years of various treatments, starting with multiple surgeries, moving on to chemo, etc. but I am now (knock on wood) considered in remission.

I feel this is a Public Service Announcement I have to make any time I hear that someone might not get a mammo because it's painful or expensive or whatever. Believe me, it is much more painful and expensive if you wait too long to find cancer.

^ Wow, that must’ve been a horrible thing to go through. Sorry you experienced it. Congrats for being in remission.

I do need to schedule a mammogram. I’m guilty of putting it off, but I think your PSA will give me motivation to follow through.

I actually need to make an appointment with my primary doctor because I switched insurance companies due to having to sign up for the ACA, which in California is Covered California, so I'll be able to either get the mammogram, or the referral for a gynecologist who will then refer me for that. They're slightly uncomfortable, but they do save lives in detecting breast cancer early enough that it can be treated. I actually had a cyst found in my first ever one, and I wouldn't have known about it, but everything since then was normal, and the cyst went away on its own.

I'm 51 and I've never had a mammogram. It sounds very unpleasant and violating and I've been through enough of that crap when I was still young. Breast cancer isn't a thing in my family as far as I know, but I heard most women without a family history still get it.

If I do, heaven forbid, get breast cancer, we are living in end times and the human race is doomed, so I might as well die soon, anyway.

Might ask about locations that do 3 D. mammograms ,have heard much less squeezing . but do not quote me on this

I just got it done today. It's not bad at all. Try to time it a couple days after period when they're naturally softer. As you age breast tissues turn into fat so the pain will be less as well.

I've only ever had ultrasounds. Didn't realise 3D mammograms were even a thing. Glad it went alright.